单词 | dowfness |
释义 | > as lemmasˈdowfness ˈdowfness n. dullness; lack of spirit. ΚΠ a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. xiv. 21 Huge dolfnes and schaymful cowardice. 1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 38 There was a kind o' doufness and mellancholly in his looks. 1837 J. Baillie in Ld. Northampton Tribute 342 But Willie now has cross'd the main, And he has been o'erlang awa'; Ah, would he were returned again To drive the doufness frae us a'! 1891 G. Wallace in D. H. Edwards Mod. Sc. Poets 14th Ser. 356 He, through fondness, bashfu' grows, She mistakes love's silent vows For doufness. 1999 D. Purves tr. A. Chekhov Thrie Sisters (SCOTS) i A mukkil blatter is on its road for ti freshen us up..an it's gaun ti blaw awa aw this idleset an dowfness, an prejudice agin wark. < as lemmas |
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